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FEBRUARY 21, 2002
Sports
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'ASU wins ninth
straight game
’i . AUGUSTA
. The' ASU Jaguars started
. off on a cold afternoon in the
. first game of a doubleheader
: against Francis Marion, de
. feating the Patriots 17-8. ASU
- madeit aclean sweep witha 5-
‘ 4 extra-inning win in the sec
-ond game. That makes nine
:straight wins for the Jags,
‘now 9-2 and 3-0 in the Peach
* Belt Conference while FMU
- drops to 3-8, 0-6.
; In game one, the Jaguars
- scored 17 hits and five FMU
: errors. A four-run second in
. ningincluded singles by Chris
. Cooper, Andre Hanksand Sam
' Barth. Barth’s hit to center
: scored Cooper and Hanks with
‘ one out. Matt May stroked a
' double to right field to score
- Barth and Brandon Sumlin.
< The Jaguars poured on five
: more runs in their half of the
-third as the PBC homerun
:leader, Chris Cooper hit his
. fifth of the season to left cen
. ter to lead off the ‘nning. May
. finished the game 4-for-4 with
.three RBl's and Jason
. Kirkland went 3-for-5 with four
. runs batted in.
. Seven more runs through
out the fou:th and fifth in
'nings gave the Jags a 16-0
lead. The Patriots finally got
.on the board with three runs
“in the sixth, but ASU’s lead
upheld throughout the nine
.innings.
* Matt Joaquim pitched six
innings, giving up seven hits,
‘three earned runs and strik
ingout five to receive the win.
- The Jaguar bats cooled off
-in the second game, only get
ting eight hits against Patriot
starter Erin Jones. Up 2-0 in
. the fourth, Ricky Buffkin al
lowed two runs on Quentin
. Davis’ single to left. Francis
* Marion added two more runs
:in the fifth and led 4-3.
. ASUtiedthegameatfourin
: the bottom of the sixth on
Hanks’ sacrifice fly that scored
* John Graham. After theregu
- lation seven innings, thegame
« remained knotted at four.
¢ Graham led the eighth off
-with a single to left field. He
- moved around to third on a
- passed ball and another sac fly
-by Hanks. Then, freshman
. catcher Barth came tothe plate
. andripped a single toleft field
.to score the game-winning
. run. Graham went 2-for-3 and
. scored three of the Jaguars’
: five runs.
: Marty Bruceand Mitch Dou
» glas pelitched two innings a
* piece with Douglas (1-0) strik
*ing out two en route to pick
*ing up the win.
SIAC - WOMEN Conference Standings
Through games of Feb 18,2002 (All games)
CONFERENCE OVERALL
STANDINGS W.IL Pct PF PA WL Pct PF PA
Albany State Univ 12-2 857 770 653 15-10 .600 68.2 65.0
Tuskegee Univ 13-3 812 777 656 16-10 615 72.7 66.6
Fort Valley State 1143 7686 821 694 ' 207 741 781 696
LeMoyne Owen College 8-6 571 69.7 71.1 11-13 .458 65.7 69.5
Clark Atlanta Univ 68 429 656 69.1 129 .571 655 655
Paine College 59 .357 695 69.5 8-15 .348 68.1 67.6
Kentucky State Univ ~~ 59 357 716 766 6-18 .250 68.7 79.5
Lane College 2-12 .143 688 80.6 6-17 .261 658 76.0
Miles College 2-12 .143 639 806 3-19 .136 643 826
SIAC - MEN Conference Standinys
Through games of Feb 18, 2002 (All games) -
CONFERENCE OVERALL :
STANDINGS WL Pct PF PA WL Pct PF PA
Paine College 11-5 688 732 708 18-10 565 722 716
Morehouse College 11-6 647 73.7 70.9 17-8 .680 740 71.2
Miles College 106 .625 72.1 67.8 14-10 .583 717 69.0
LeMoyne Owen College 10-6 .625 77.8 73.2 13-11 .542 769 75.2
Kentucky State Univ 10-6 625 822 824 1211 .522 79.8 854
Fort Valley State 88 50D 780 788 1118 488 718 723
Albany State Univ 6-9 400 689 718 17-16 .304 66.5 70.8
Tuskegee Univ 6-11 363 698 749 17-18 .280 M 1 772
Lane College 4-11 267 80.1 873 8-14 .364 768 83.0
Clark Atlanta Univ 4-12 250 80.1 79.1 6-15 286 789 785
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State Farm sponsors scholarship, banquet
NEW YORK, N.Y.
The 28" Annual SBN Sports
Black College All-American
Awards will be awarded to
scholar athletes who play foot
ball for America’s Historically
Black Colleges and Universi
ties. American Urban Radio
Networks (AURN) acknowl
edgesits appreciation to State
Farm Insurance for its schol
arship support, noting that
this marks the company’s 6
year as sponsor of the scholar
ships and banquet. This year
State Farm Insurance has se
lected Andregus Holmes of
Fayetteville State University
as their Scholar Athlete of the
Yearrecipient. The award will
be presented at the prestigious
Ritz-Carlton onSaturday, Feb
ruary 23, 2002, in downtown
Atlanta Georgia.
This year’s exciting awards
gala will honor the 2001 SBN
Sports Black College All-
American Team, Grambling
State University Tigers, who
arethe National Black College
Champions, and Maurice
Hicks, (North CarolinaA& T
University) as the SBN Doug
Williams Offensive Player of
the Year; Tracy White (Howard
University) as the SBN Mel
Blount Defensive Player of the
Year; and Doug Williams
(Grambling State University)
as the SBN Eddie Robinson
Coach of the Year.
Since 1996, State Farm In
surance has generously sup
ported the recognition of out
standing Blackstudent athletes
by providing scholarships to
Historically Black Collegesand
Universities via American Ur
ban Radio Networks (AURN)
and the SBN Black College All-
American Awards Weekend.
With this support, numerous
Blackcollegeathleteshavebeen
able to continue their educa
tion at historically Black insti
tutions of higher learning.
“This is an exceptional op
portunity to coordinate our
effortsin the marketplaceand
at the same time, recognize
those athletes and their ef
forts,on and offthefield. It’sa
way to bring attention to
young people whodo the right
thing, and that’s a reflection
of what State Farm is all
about,” said Thomasina Skip
per, field executive, State Farm
Insurance Company.
SBN Sports Network is a
division of American Urban
Radio Networks (AURN).
Through its broadcasts of
nearly 300 News, Entertain
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Peachßelt - WOMEN Conference Standings
(Through games of Feb 18,2002)
North Division W-L Avg Div Games Overall Avg
USC Aiken 143 824 80 20-4 .833
Francis Marion 12-5 706 7-2 16-8 667
UNC Pembroke 11-6 647 54 17-7 708
Augusta State 413 235 4-5 9-15 375
USC Spartanburg 413 236 2-7 6-18 .250
Lander 1-16 .059 1-9 2-22 .083 _
South Division : " ;
Kennesaw State 125 .706 5-3 16-8 667
North Florida 1255 .706 7-3 17-7 .708
~ Columbus State: " 116 .647 54 189 667
GC&SU 9-8 .529 54 13-11 542
Armstrong Atl. State 6-11 .353 26 8-16 333
Clayton State 611 .353 3-7 10-14 417
Peachßelt - MEN Conference Standings
' (Through games of Feb 18,2002)
North Division W-L Avg Div Games Overall Avg
Augusta State 134 765 7-2 18-6 7150
UNC Pembroke ~ 8-9 471 7-2 12-12 .500
USC Aiken 6-11 353 35 10-14 417
USC Spartanburg ' 6-11 3563 b 4 9-15 375
Lander 5-12 294 46 9-15 375
Francis Marion 1-16 .059 1-8 3-21 126
South Division ;
Claywon State 143 824 82 17-7 708
Columbus State 126 .706 54 17-7 708
Kennesaw State 12-5 7106 4-4 16-8 667
GC&SU ‘ 9-8 529 46 14-10 .583
North Florida 9-8 529 46 12-12 500
Armstrong Atl. State 7-10 412 26 11-13 458
Local haskethall talent
headed for Netherlands
By Shun Norris
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
When Eric Black, Jr.
started playingbaseball at the
ageeleven, heneverimagined
he would be asked to play in
another country. The oppor
tunity has come, and Black is
eager to
oblige.
After a
recent try
out for the
team, Black
wasselected
from a na
tionwide
search by
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Eric Black, Jr.
Coast to Coast Amateur
Baseball Stars. Heisthe only
playerchosenfrom the CSRA
to attend the summer long
event in Belgium.
Alongwithsightseeingand
touring, Coast to Coast of
fers the chance to improve
skills while playing a num
ber of competitive baseball
gamesagainst international
players and all in another
country.
Black will also benefit from
theeducational seminarscon-
Pacers rebound with
12-5 win over Erskine
AIKEN, S.C.
After playing 32 innings
against Georgia College &
State in three games over the
weekend of Feb. 16, the Pacers
(5-6) look to have a normal
nine inning affair on Thurs
day, Feb.2o. However, Erskine
(10-1) traveled to Aiken look
ing to continue its school-best
startat 10-0. The Pacersproved
to be too much for the Flying
Fleet as USCA posted a 12-5
victory. '
Erskine lead off the game
with a run in the top of the
first inning off Pacer hurler
Rob Wilhite. Erskine desig
nated hitter Anthony
Passalacqua hit a sacrifice fly
to right field, scoring Alex
Lewis for the early lead.
The Pacers came right back
in the bottom of the inning
with a lead-off walk by Leroy
Walker, followed by a two-run
home run by Kyle Langley,
givingUSCA a2-Ilead. Flying
Fleet hurler, Jason Rathbun,
only lasted two-thirds of an
inningashe surrendered three
runs on three hits on four
batters.
The final run of the inning
came on a solo home run by
ducted by the staff of Coast
to Coast on various topics
such as the college recruit
ing process, off season con
ditioning/weight-training,
and theeffectsof performance
enhancing drugs.
“Ifeel really excited about
being able to go. I tried out
and made the team out of
about 75 to 80 people. I feel
really good,” says Black.
Glynis Black, Eric’s
mother is overjoyed at this
opportunity for her son.
“This is a good opportunity
for him to go. I'm really ex
cited for him. I feel like this
is a step from pro baseball,”
she said.
The Blacks have been rais
ingmoney tomakesure their
sondoesn’t missout onsuch
a great opportunity. Every
thing from chicken and fish
dinners to raffles.
Black will be traveling to
Belgium from July 2-July 15.
The cost of the trip is a total
0f $3,300. Anyoneinterested
in making donations, please
contact Eric and Glynis
Black at (706) 726-0584.
Demetrick Drumming, giving
USCA a 3-1 lead.
USCA poured it on in the
second inning with four runs
on three hits. Travis
Cummingshitatworundouble
to right center, highlighting
the inning. Langley tallied his
third RBI of the game as he
singled toright field. After two
innings, the Pacers built a 7-1
lead.
Abasesloaded hit scored the
Flying Fleet’s second run on
the gamein the fifth inning off
Pacer Chad McMurray who
came into relief for Wilhite.
Another sacrifice fly by
Erskine scored its second run
oftheinning. The Flying Fleet
were unable to get anything
elseacrossagainst McMurray.
A two run double by Justin
Williams scored the two runs
back for the Pacers in the bot
tom of the inning. Along with
a loaded hit, the Pacers in
creased their lead to 10-3 after
five innings. :
The Pacers added two more
runs in the bottom of the
eighth, increasing their lead
to 12-4. Erskineaddedarunin
the top of the ninth, cutting
the deficit to 12-5.